segunda-feira, agosto 13, 2007

When Bharat Natyam exponent Narthaki Nataraj completes yet another enthralling performance, the elite audience in the prestigious 'Narada Gana Sabha' here gives her a standing ovation -- not a mean achievement for a transgender ostracised and ridiculed by the society.

Thailand, one of the world's most tolerant countries toward transvestites and transsexuals, is considering a law to allow people who have had a sex change to officially change their title, reports said Sunday.

As a senior who visits the Fort Lauderdale -West Palm Beach area several times a year to visit my children, grandchildren and friends, I was surprised to read about a gay leader who was afraid to stand up for transgender rights for fear that gays might lose the few rights they now have.